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The captain of Continental Airlines Flight 61, a Boeing 777-200ER, en route from Brussels, Belgium, to Newark, New Jersey, died of natural causes during the trip. The airline alerted federal authorities around 10:30 that morning that Flight 61 was being flown by the first officer and relief pilot.
Continental Airlines Flight 11; Continental Airlines Flight 12; Continental Airlines Flight 61; Continental Airlines Flight 1304; Continental Airlines Flight 1404; Continental Airlines Flight 1713; Continental Airlines Flight 1883; Continental Express Flight 2574; Continental Airlines Flight 3373; Colgan Air Flight 3407
Delta Flight 954, operating the Convair, experienced miscommunication with air traffic control and were crossing a runway in poor visibility when North Central Airlines Flight 575, operating the DC-9, were in their takeoff roll on the same runway. The DC-9 attempted to fly over the Convair but struck it and then crash landed back on the runway.
The last significant fatal commercial crash happened in 2009, when a Continental Airlines flight crashed into a house in Buffalo, New York, killing 49 people.
With its competitors doing away with free food in economy years ago, it's a wonder that Continental Airlines didn't drop the perk earlier. But the last airline to offer free meals to passengers on ...
Continental Airlines Flight 1404 crashed while taking off from Denver on December 20, 2008, resulting in two critical injuries and 36 noncritical injuries. The aircraft was written off. [48] Continental Airlines Flight 1713 crashed on take-off in a snowstorm from the Denver Stapleton International Airport on November 1, 1987. The crash resulted ...
August 3 – Armed with handguns, Leon Bearden – a convicted bank robber with many financial and psychological problems who wishes to present Cuba′s leader Fidel Castro with a Boeing 707 and make a fresh start in Cuba – and his 16-year-old son Cody hijack Continental Airlines Flight 54, a Boeing 707-124 (registration N70775) with 73 ...
April 7, 1972: United Airlines Flight 855, from Newark, New Jersey, to Los Angeles, California, carrying 85 passengers and a crew of six, was hijacked by Richard McCoy Jr. during a stopover in Denver, Colorado. This was a copycat hijacking, modelled on the D.B Cooper 1971 hijacking of Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305, less than 5 months ...